Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: D.M. Procida Newsgroups: uk.comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Temporarily ignore Time Machine destination Date: 11 Jan 2025 11:49:42 GMT Lines: 28 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=fixed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net XcpeHtiNnOicCYMkVWAOxwn7aPJNs2QT8Ooa81b0pcEe8BS0vD Cancel-Lock: sha1:WE6nQpKNKi6QxahJi30uhpdTyNg= sha256:Z+N212heNef/e0iYL2SBz1pJ++E427jPuQcaH4R+YW8= User-Agent: Usenapp for MacOS X-Usenapp: v1.27.4/l - Full License Xref: csiph.com uk.comp.sys.mac:180033 On 11 Jan 2025 at 10:10:23 GMT, "Jaimie Vandenbergh" wrote: > On 11 Jan 2025 at 09:18:54 GMT, "D.M. Procida" > wrote: > >> Sometimes I want Time Machine to ignore a certain destination for a few weeks >> (while I'm away, for example) so that it doesn't waste time trying to use it, >> and I don't get spurious warnings. >> >> There's no concept for this exposed in the Time Machine settings interface - >> what's the best way to achieve it? > As far as I know, nothing other than removing it from TM settings then > adding it back again later. Did you ever run into an issue where it would refuse to acknowledge the forgotten backup when you tried to do that? > It's quite tedious, I'm so bored of the TM icon lying that I'm not > backed up, and Apple ignoring my annual new-macOS bug reports about it > for the last decade. The whole Time Machine machinery itself seems to have been forgotten by Apple. They got it fundamentally working about 15 years ago, and seem to have decided: good enough, let's leave it like that. Daniele